John Dugan

Acting

John Dugan

Born 1940-01-01 · Brazil, Indiana, USA

He is best known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) andTexas Chainsaw 3D (2013) as Grandpa Sawyer. He also did a cameo as a police man at the end of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation(1994). John took time off away from the public and the cameras until the 2000s, when he started making appearances and acting in independent films again.[1]John has most recently been seen in The Hospital opposite actor/stuntman Jim O'Rear. 2015 starred in Tony Moran's biopic Horror Icon: Inside Michael’s Mask with Tony Moran.

Acting credits

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre poster
7.3

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

Texas Chainsaw 3D poster
5.5

A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster
4.6

A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1995

Deviant Behavior poster
NR

A masked self made transgender, on a twisted mission to become the most beautiful woman in town, is interrupted by Charlie Reese, a sleazy private detective who has discovered her world of torture and depravity.

Deviant Behavior

2018

No artwork available
1.3

No synopsis available yet.

Shudder

2007

The American Nightmare poster
6.8

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

The American Nightmare

2000

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster
3.8

After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2019

Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV poster
NR

When a severed human hand is found at a weekend film festival, the actual cast and crew of the CRUEL SUMMER trilogy suddenly find themselves thrown into the middle of a real-life sequel engineered by an unhinged psychopath.

Lookout Weekend: Cruel Summer IV

2025

Rondo and Bob poster
NR

Robert A. Burns, art director on the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was obsessed with actor Rondo Hatton aka the Creeper. Burns was average looking but brimming with odd creativity. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, had a strangely unique appearance, but was a regular guy. In Rondo and Bob their two stories intersect.

Rondo and Bob

2020

Skate to Hell poster
4.8

A group of teenagers steal a supernatural skateboard owned by Satan's son. Now the devil wants it back.

Skate to Hell

2026

Dinner with Leatherface poster
8.0

A look at poet, author, filmmaker, actor, and horror icon Gunnar Hansen—the original Leatherface in the first Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Including perspectives from friends, colleagues, filmmakers, actors, and anyone else who knew one of the nicest people affiliated with the horror genre.

Dinner with Leatherface

2024

The Hospital poster
2.9

Old St. Leopold's Hospital has many urban legends surrounding it, but the residents of Bridgeport all agree on one thing: tortured souls roam its abandoned halls. The mystery proves too much for a pretty young student who decides to investigate for her senior class project. Unfortunately, she does not find ghosts. She, instead, finds Stanley... serial rapist, murderer, and psychopath. As the young girl becomes Stanley's new pet, a team of young investigators descend on the hospital to "hunt some ghosts." Stanley sees nothing but fun and games in his future. But, what Stanley does not know is that the hospital truly is haunted and the restless spirits there are not happy with what he has been doing.

The Hospital

2013

Butcher Boys poster
4.5

A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh - dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.

Butcher Boys

2013

Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall poster
4.0

Survivors of the bloody "theatre massacre" years earlier must fight for their lives as members of their psychiatric hospital's therapy support group begin falling prey to an unseen psychopath. Deep secrets are uncovered and old friendships are tested as they realize the killer may actually be much closer to them than they ever thought possible.

Cruel Summer III: Pray for Fall

2024

The Once and Future Smash poster
5.7

In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.

The Once and Future Smash

2022

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait poster
6.3

A documentary about the classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' film, including interviews with Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, John Dugan and Jim Siedow.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait

1988

The Macabre poster
2.0

Shy girl Molly is having a party. She is inviting her school bullies and has planned one hell of a night. After a party trick goes horribly wrong, each guest is forced into a macabre game of life and death by an ancient demon who forces them to tell horrifying stories.

The Macabre

2022

Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie poster
1.0

It's the dawn of a new age...a chicken age! Humans have been the dominant species for far too long! The chickens have come to roost and they're not clucking around! An invasion of catastrophic proportions has taken place and the weak humans of earth do everything they can to survive in this crazy chicken world!

Attack of the Killer Chickens: The Movie

2022

Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors poster
5.0

Take a front row seat as we sit down to chat with some of the creators and stars of the best and most beloved exploitation and grindhouse films of the 1970s and 80s. Featuring interviews with John Dugan (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Craig Reed (The Re-Animator), John Russo (Night of the Living Dead), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), and many more independent horror veterans.

Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors

2023

The Mangled poster
NR

The Mangled tells the story of a family who would stop at nothing to get their missing daughter back. But their secrets go back further, as the night unravels so do the Bates.

The Mangled

Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell poster
NR

Set in a bleak future in which the world suffocates under the iron fist of a tyrannical regime. Driven by unyielding determination, Ken Shiro sets out on a perilous mission to find the gate to Hell and save his daughter from the Inferno.

Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell

2024

Harlow's Haunt poster
3.0

An ancient evil stalks and claims the souls of anyone who awakens its presence. Children playing with a Ouija board, as adults are confronted with the consequences of dabbling in the occult and must face the true essence of evil at Halloween. Set in the backwoods and swamps of Central Florida, Harlow's Haunt leads you through a maze of treachery and deceit spanning decades on this emotional and harrowing journey to the end - or is it?

Harlow's Haunt

2022

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran poster
NR

Documentary from Tony Moran

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

2015

Hell-ephone poster
NR

Hell-ephone tells the story of a prank gone horribly wrong. A group of college students, led by The Circuit Maker, a Svengali-like professor, make prank calls to funeral homes. After intently researching the obituaries, they try and convince whoever answers the call that they are the deceased calling from the great beyond.

Hell-ephone

2008